by Kevin Burton It is conventional wisdom in the United States that a US passport is the prized possession. It would be foolish to downplay the benefits of American citizenship to many who live here. But for some it may be wise to at least look into what some other places may have …
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Why People Are Leaving The USA
by Kevin Burton Leaving your home country is a foreign concept that pushes against everything you have known from earliest childhood. At least for Americans it is. What set of circumstances would cause you to think about relocating permanently? Wednesday we told one woman’s story. Amber Blackmon moved from the United …
Could You Leave The United States?
by Kevin Burton Amber Blackmon told her story Monday on insider.com, I wish she had told more of it. Or maybe it’s better this way. Maybe we are meant to insert our own details into what she has given. The story hit home because she did something I sort of did years …
Updates: Page 7’s Mexican Debut
by Kevin Burton Within my general and ongoing shameless plea for readership, I got specific two months ago. On the occasion of Mexican Independence Day I lamented that nobody in Mexico had ever read Page 7 (“Happy Birthday Mexico, Please Read This,” Sept. 15). That hurts, because I used to live in Mexico. …
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